"I'm trying to cope with everything. Everything happened so fast, so I'm trying to go with everything one step at a time," Maria Carbajal said.

Investigators believe the man struck two pedestrians crossing National Avenue Saturday around 10 p.m. Eyewitnesses reported a cargo van drove through the intersection and left the scene after the collision.

Juan Zapata-Guerrero, 39, died from his injuries. A 42-year-old Milwaukee woman was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

"He was a really hardworking guy. He didn't deserve to be gone like this. I don't know what else to say," family friend Anna Rodriguez said.

Zapata-Guerrero was a father of three.

Officers recovered the van, saying the man parked it in his garage following the crash. Police said the man was driving without a valid license.

Stanmeyer said that the case has been forwarded to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office for review.

Carbajal told Bohr she isn't angry with the driver.

"I have no grudges against him. God will take care of that," she said.

SAMPLE TEST KIT. WE'RE LEARNING MORE TONIGHT, ABOUT THE MAN KILLED IN A HIT- AND-RUN CRASH ON MILWAUKEE'S SOUTH SIDE. JUAN ZAPATA WAS MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN. HIS WIFE SPOKE WITH OUR NICK BOHR. NICK, SHE SAYS SHE'S NOT ANGRY WITH THE DRIVER. REMARKABLY. A WOMAN OF STRONG FAITH. SHE TELLS ME HER HUSBAND WAS ON HIS WAY HOME AFTER VISITING WITH SOME FRIENDS HERE AT THIS TAVERN ACROSS THE STREET. HIS WHEREABOUTS A MYSTERY TO HER FOR 12 HOURS... UNTIL SHE GOT THE EVEN WORSE NEWS... THAT HE'D BEEN KILLED. IT WAS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AS 39-YEAR-OLD JUAN ZAPATA LEFT A TAVERN AND CROSSED THE STREET... PERHAPS WALKING HOME... WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A VAN. A WOMAN WITH HIM WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED... AND ZAPATA DIED AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER... SPED AWAY. HE WAS A REALLY HARD WORKING GUY, HE DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE GONE LIKE THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY. FAMILY FRIEND ANNA RODRIGUEZ WAS WITH ZAPATA'S WIFE WHEN SHE GOT THE NEWS ABOUT 12 HOURS LATER... THAT HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN KILLED. SHE WAS REALLY AFFECTED BY IT LIKE WE ALL WOULD'VE BEEN, IF THAT WAS OUR HUSBAND OR OUR PARENT THAT THAT HAPPENED TO. SHE'S A REALLY STRONG WOMAN. THE DRIVER DIDN'T STOP TO HELP... BUT DROVE AWAY... ACCORDING TO POLICE, DESPITE CONSIDERABLE FRONT END DAMAGE, THE MAN WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HIS VAN HERE A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY AND PARK IT IN THIS GARAGE, HE TOLD POLICE HE DIDN'T REALIZE HE'D ACTUALLY KILLED SOMEONE UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING WHEN HE SAW IT ON THE NEWS. LATE TODAY, I SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM'S WIFE ... WHO REMARKABLY SAYS SHE ISN'T ANGRY WITH THE DRIVER. I HAVE NO GRUDGES AGAINST HIM. GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT, AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST THE OTHER PERSON. ZAPATA'S WIFE SAYS HE WAS A GREAT FATHER TO THEIR THREE KIDS... ONE GROWN AND THE OTHER TWO JUST 10 AND 11. SHE'S NOT SURE WHERE SHE;LL GO FROM HERE.. BECAUSE HE WAS THE PRIMARY BREADWINNER. THE VAN ALSO STRUCK A WOMAN WHO WAS HOSPITALIZED... WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. THE DRIVER REMAINS JAILED AWAITING FORMAL CHARGES. HE DIDN'T HAVE A VALID LICENSE. THE SOUND OF TRAIN